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Honorably Paul McKtiight
Editor _ _

Newarm e^y-.

Post Office Box 150

19711

Oe^r ]\fe* McKnight:

I have reGeived your letter of December lOth.
reply to your inquiry* i am not at liberty to furnish, the data you are
seeding as the files of the FBI must be maintained as confidential
pursuant to regulations of the Department of Justice* I regret I ean^

hot be of assistance to you*

Sincerely yours,

J. Edgar Hoover

ALL INFORMATION CONTAINED
HEREIN IS UNCLASSIFIED
DAT

NOTE: Bufiles disclose we wrote McKnight in April, 1968, in response
to his inquiries concerning the Students for a Democratic Society. This is
our only- correspondence with this newspaper. We have had previous
inquiries concerning the Sex Information and Education Council of the U. S. ;
however, we have conducted no investigation. Bufiles disclose Dr. Mary
Calderone is a noted e3q)ert in the field of sex education. In 1953 she was
married to Frank Anthony Calderone, a homosexual. Dr. Isadore Rubin
is author of several books on sexology. Rubin is possibly identical With
individual who was a board member of "Sexology" magazine and an -
identified communist. Bufiles disclose in 1940 .one Lester A. Kirkendali
was a professor at New Britain, Connecticut, and was contained on a list
of tThe People’s Lobby, Inc,, being followed in a security type inquiry. On

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Office of the Director ,

The Honorable J. Edgar Hoover
United States Department of Justice
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington DC 20535

Dear Sir;

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The state of Delaware's Department of Public Instruction has recently-
organized a state-vri.de sex ©^ication program fo'jnded, we've been told,
on the nh ilosor thji^y^.q n-P J;.he'<^ x Inform ation a nd Educa-hion Cou ne-i 1_o. g_tJaes.
United Sta^.pa , ■ otherwise Icnb-wn as “SIECUS, Sy

iiW^lderone, Ex ecutivg Director , Dr, Ig^dor^Rubin, Dr» Lester
idall, Dr. Willij^S^'ters, Et, 'Albe^j^’^lis, and ReverendVtfilliim

enne ail' contribute ^o the content of thecurriculumo

Would you be kind enough -to send any information the Bureau may have
concerning the activities of SIECUS and the indi-vdLduals names above?
Thank you.

With Best Regards,

PAUL Mcknight
Editor

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V/altets

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Bishop

Casper

Callahan

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November 3, 1969

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Reverend Ernest L. Tonetti
Fftipi Memorial Ba^st Church
"p0p Hbpidn8_RQa.d
Bichmondj Virginia 33^34

Dear Mr» Tonetti:

While I vrould like to be of assistance to you with
respect to the inquiry in your letter of October 27th, information
in our files must be maintained as confidential in accordance with
regulations of the Department of Justice, and I cannot refer you
to a source for the data you seek. I regret I am unable to be of
assistance to you in this Instance.

Sincerely yours,

^Edgar Hoover

MAILED 24

NOV -3 1969 ^ ,

CQMM-FBI '

■ Note: Bnfiles contain no information identifiable with correspondent.

The Sex iriformation and Education Council of the. United States (SIECUS)

- is well known to the Bureau. Correspondent, in^fiis Tetter, lists the names

Z of ten,. persons; all of whom are apparently, connected with SIECUS. These

Z names ''vlere not checked in Bureau indices';' y

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6200 Hopkins Road
Richmond, Virginia 23234

Telephone 276 3249

Rev .

Ernest L
Pastor

Mr. Tolson
Mr. DeLoaeh
Mr. Welters
Mr. 1
Mr.

Mr. ij^per

Mr. Callahaii._

Mr. Conrad.

Mr. Felt..___

Mr. Gale

Mr. Rosen

Mr. Sullivan-
MfenSlnwI

MirrTt ijiUr..,.

Tele. Room

Miss Holmes-
Miss Gandy_

October 27, 19^9,

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Jo Edgar Hoover -

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Washington, D..C,

Dear Mr. Hoovers

Thank, you for your faithful service through the many -years you ..

have directed the F.B«I.o All the people of our church express
thfflr appreciation to youo‘

Recently the issue of sex education in the public schools has
become prominent our area. Much has been said pro and con.

The organization "B^li^cppyand some writers connected with it have
been branded as subversive# Since I must take a stand oneones
side or the other I thought would ask you if your department
has any record of the following list of people, if such information
is available to the public, and / or where you may advise me to yj
inquire further about them.' /cp<CJ

The people in question are:

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Dr. Isadora Rubin.. New York City>./ g'^^ , /

Dr. lie.s.ter'fe.rkendall, Oregon Unlversit.v..

Dr. William^asters, co-author of ’’Human Sexual .Response"

Dr# Albert^yis, , New_York_Si4i^i.JV!^l_ , j.

Rev. . Wiliiaro^i-hhe-, N . G . C # Gomml s si on on M ar.r.i.ag.e— an(L-Eami,l.v_Llf e
Dr. Joseph F'.^letcher, Gambr i dge . Ma ss..

Dr. Mary^Galde-f one , Exec. Pir-T SISGUS_

Dr. Wardell^omeroy,- New York Cit,v. ./t^ijferlage counselor
Lesterfeoniger, Pres. SIEG_US_

Dr. William G.^hurman, University of Virginlj^JIpspjLtal _

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Thank you for. your time and-assisl^ahcey

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Sincerely yours.

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H.OCT^'O 1969

Tonetti

'.../or there is none other name under heaven given among men whereby we must be saved.

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December 5, 1969

Mr . David K^fEasterla
Route 1, Box 265
Gravois MUls, Missouri 65037

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Dear Mr. Easterla:

In reply to your letter of December 1st, I cannot
answer your specific questions as information in the files of the
FBI must be maintained as confidential in accordance with regula-
ticms of the Dei»rtment of Justice. I regret I cannot be of help to
you in this instance.

Sincerely yours,

J, Edgar Hoover

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NOTE : Bufiles contain no record of cesi^espondent. We have had
numerous citizens inauiries resardins Sex Information and Education

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Council of the Un ited States and the individuals affiliated with it and
our files contain information regarding some of the individuals he
listed. Other individuals which he has inquired about are well-known
to the Bureau as well as the National Council of Churches.

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DeLoach ;

Wcl tens *

Mohr j

Bishop ,

. Gosper

CaJlahan

Conrad •

Felt

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ceniber 1,' I 969

Mr. J. Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United SStates Department of Justice
Vifeshington, D., C, 20535

Dear Sir:

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I am writing for some information for our church. The iSurS*ise_feptL st
Church, located at Sunrise Beach, Missouri. We are a snail church but 1

. very much concerned <about the hold Communism is getting in our United States. I

Indirectly our church contributes to the Hationa l. Council of Churches,^

We have same information which indicates there are Communists in the ' V

National Council.', of Churches and some holding offices. We, a s a New 0

Testament Church, do not want a penny of our contributions to help Com- ^ K;

munismj in fact, we feel ihere should be no Communistic organizations
allov;ed in our country nor drould a communist be allowed to-JSoid any .job
• 'of importance. •,

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Will appreciate .some answers to these questions. , In case you cannot^ quote v

names, wil^u please ansi'/er "Yes'* or "No" to the questions? -

Is the National Council of Churches infiltrated with Communian? Yes ' N^

Do you feel the National Council of Churches lean toward Com-;
raunism?. Yes No _ . //

Are the follovdng persons known Communists or affilitated in
any way with Communian?

' 1, Dr. Marg^^lderone
/ (Exeucfeve Director of SI^US ) •.

Yes

No

Dr. Isadorgfmbin Yes

(T reas. of''SIECUS & Edi t or of Sexology . Mag . ),

Br. Lester Ai<^irkendall, (Fr,o. fe.sEpr ..of Yes

Family. Life,. -Oregon ;S.tate..Uniy,,,.&;„ment).er
of Board of SIECUC)

Yes

U. Dr. William HST Masters,

( Board Me nibj3r„of-JSIECUiS)

5 . Mrs. ElizabeJ;i^?^^ntz

• w(.Boar.d-Memb.er_of-JSI ECU.S. & He ad of
llibrnen* s Bureau o f Dent. . of labor )

6. Rev. Mlliam lii^enae.

Yes

No

No

No

No

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7o Dr, Josejjfel^l^

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9o HerberjfeyAptheker j Author
10, W. E.e^'^^DuEois, Author
Ho langsrtofrfHughes, Autter^

12 o • Dr. Villiiian TGraliga^ColB ^ Author

Yes

Yes

Yes

Ybs

Yes

Yes

Wo

No

No

No

No

Wo

We ■wish to thank you for any information you can give us# It is very inportant
for us to know the true status of som of the above mentiiBd as there are some
in our church who argue that there has never been ei'e’n one person in the
National Gouncil.of Churches connected with Communism, bub we ha-ve other in-
fpmation that indicates otherwise and we feel we must know the truth for the ,
future of our churcho 1% know of no other person who could give us the true
status of the above mentioned people.

Very truly yours.

David E. Easterla
Rt. 1, Box 265
Gravois Miii^ Mo. 65037

P.S, In addition to the above mentioned persons, if you know of any others
connected with the National Council of Churches or SIECUS who are Communists
or have been aff iliated . in any with with Communism, would appreciate this
information also# Thank you.

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